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Feminism, Globalization And Culture: After Beijing, L. Amede Obiora
Feminism, Globalization And Culture: After Beijing, L. Amede Obiora
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In this article, Professor Obiora begins with the premise that the
credibility of traditional legal frameworks has eroded, because the law
remains unable to relieve the oppressions and polarization between cultures,
even in the wake of global institutional transformations that seem to help the
oppressed, particularly women. Professor Obiora offers the Beijing Platform
for Action as a radical new solution for human rights protection, radical in
that it is one of the first declaratives to transcend the previous dichotomy of
issues among women by expressing a commitment to a global framework in
which to address these issues, particularly the feminization …
A Feminist Reassessment Of Civil Society, Susan H. Williams
A Feminist Reassessment Of Civil Society, Susan H. Williams
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Law and Civil Society
Unshackling Black Motherhood, Dorothy E. Roberts
Unshackling Black Motherhood, Dorothy E. Roberts
Michigan Law Review
When stories about the prosecutions of women for using drugs during pregnancy first appeared in newspapers in 1989, I immediately suspected that most of the defendants were Black women. Charging someone with a crime for giving birth to a baby seemed to fit into the legacy of devaluing Black mothers. I was so sure of this intuition that I embarked on my first major law review article based on the premise that the prosecutions perpetuated Black women's subordination. My hunch turned out to be right: a memorandum prepared by the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project documented cases brought against pregnant women …
Are Women Persons?, Drucilla Cornell
Are Women Persons?, Drucilla Cornell
Animal Law Review
The scope of animal rights is much broader than the vast majority of individuals believe. People spend little time considering how our legal system's treatment of animals affects society. Thw law, created to protect beings from harm, has time and again proven itself a stubborn, static creation. Hozever, through the efforts of people who have recognized the law's shortcomings and have sought to correct thm, justice may eventually prevail. Un1fortunately, the best means by which to accomplish justice for animals is not clear, and disagreements inevitably arise. The essays which follow are written by exparts from various interdisciplinaryf ields at …